Summary: The Transatlantic Slave Trade

The slave trade in its whole lasted a total of four centuries. This buying and selling of people as a product rather than the human beings that they were was not exclusive to African American males. The Transatlantic Slave Trade encompassed many other people such as, woman to be used as sex slaves and personal servants, children to be used in places such as sweat shops and mills for producing goods and others from all over smaller Western European countries. African Americans were usually the most common in the scale of slaves because they were the closest to the feeding ground of Slave trade, Europe. It was simply cheaper to transport them and so resulting in a higher turnover for the traders. There was also the added factor of the difference in skin which made it easier at the time
Another example of where the slaves would be treated with more respect was with the military. If the slaves were either their to be punished for a crime or because they simply volunteered to get freedom from their masters and if they were good at being soldiers they would be treated with respect. Now the respect was never at the level that it would be if that person was free and most of all white but it was better than working to the bone everyday with little food and water, sleeping with the animals, and getting beaten constantly. In 1807 William Wilberforce finally gained the victory for the abolishment of the Atlantic Slave Trade. It was sadly after he had died but his legacy continued on after his death. Though of course the abolishment of the slave trade did not exactly end all slave trade but through time it made people look down on what once was completely accepted. We may still have slaves in this country today but we are making a conscience effort to end it once and for